LouHomey
From my favorite movies..
Supelice
Dreadfully Boring
Delight
Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
Irishchatter
I have to say, this most be the oddest film I've ever seen in my life! OK we know we are introduced to a couple in their forties and are bored of their own lives. We then met a 35 year old looking man who the couple fell in love with. However we find out that the man has been divorced for quite a while and has a game loving son in the middle of the story. I found it quite odd that he didn't mentioned it when he went out with the couple separately. Then another strange thing that happened in the film was, the wife actually went over to England just to have a pregnancy test. Why didn't go to a nearby hospital in her local area in Berlin and got through that traveling alone in England? Seriously I thought it was quite odd to be honest even for a newly pregnant woman to go through the process!The sex scene's were really passionate and seeing the three of them together towards the end was lovely. It gives you a wonderful feeling of others loving you as the way you are!:)
djuannonly0924
Simon and Hanna have been together for twenty years, they've established the easy peace-that-follows-passion so common in relationships of a certain age. Simon and Hanna are happy. Not the fake-going-through-the- motions happy, but pretty content if not a little rut induced angsty. One day, while participating in a medical ethics symposium, Hanna meets genetic engineer, Adam, with whom she openly spars. She meets him again that night after she is stood-up by Simon at the theater. Meanwhile, Simon is distracted by those of his mother and his own health issues. For a third time, Hanna bumps into Adam, this time on a soccer pitch. They spend the day together drinking, seeing a soccer game, getting to know each other while Simon is being told by his doctor that he must be admitted to the hospital for immediate surgery. He is worried because he can't reach Hanna. While he is having surgery, she is beginning an affair. Hanna is there when he wakes-up and there while he is recovering. Simon is affected a lot by the surgery. I won't say what sort of surgery he had, but it can be quite affecting. Oh, the scene depicting the surgery is brief but pretty graphic. You've been warned. Simon is out one night at the local covered pool where he has an intimate, very intimate encounter with... Wait for it... Adam! Simon is confused, a bit startled and probably mostly curious. The three of them begin these affairs, cultivating new ideas about their sexual selves. Hanna and Simon also rediscover their sexual selves together. And that's just the first half of the film. You know from the set-up that there will come a reckoning, that the party won't last. When that moment comes, the three leads play it beautifully: the sudden sparks of recognition and piecing it all together are priceless. Where the film fails is in the editing. Shakespeare said it best, "brevity is the soul of wit." Some of the exposition could have been left on the cutting room floor. Surely any audience going to see this film could suss out the narrative. The use of the number 3 as part of the narrative falls a bit flat. Given the apparent love triangle, 3 would seem sufficient to reference just that. Where Tykwer works real magic is in his ability to make his actors go all-in. There is no trepidation or fear of laying it all bare before the camera. If you are a fan of the work of Whit Stillman, Wes Anderson or Noah Baumbach, you'll like "3." It's quite good.
Marko
Unusual and, at the same time, uplifting story. Great acting and a well-directed movie. I am not sure if everyone who watched it will be touched in the same way I was, but -if people can overcome their stereotypes and simply enjoy the film- it will leave them with positive feelings and make them reflect on it long after the ending credits have rolled up. The story is not about your typical next door married couple that enters their middle-age era with all its fears, frustrations, joys, sorrows and life-changing truths. It is that same story but with an unexpected twist and a touching end. I am a happy gay man in a stable civil partnership. After a long period of a loving, monogamous and joyful 'marriage' we stepped into the same twilight zone of middle age, which evoked many questions, doubts and ridiculous thoughts. At the same time, and by some strange twist of fate, we met our Adam in real life and both developed feelings for him. Ever since we live in our own ménage à trios, which gives us many happy moments, pleasures and helps us to re-discovered ourselves.One reviewer described it as painfully slow and full of empty self importance. I would say that Tom Tykwer cleverly combined some scenes without dialogue -but with much deeper meaning- with other elements that are very dynamic, colorful, erotically-charged or simply entertaining. The soundtrack gives it a perfect final touch. Brilliant photography.If people think that they will miraculously skip their middle age in life, they should avoid this movie. Since that is biologically impossible -- watch the movie and you may learn something about the most fundamental issues that life brings half way down the road. Highly recommended!
stensson
Tom Tykwer maybe started the new German film wonder by "Run, Lola run". He loves to hate mondaine Berlin people. Here is the couple fits into all descriptions. She's the anchor of philosophy TV show. He's the owner of a contemporary art promotion business.Not being aware of it, they meet the same man, who seduces them both. They both get ridiculous, without being aware of that either. But the passions seem real, through all broken perfection.So we can laugh at Berlin, but does that matter? For a while perhaps, but not after leaving the theater. And maybe that's what Tom Tykwer wants.
